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5 unusual facts about Aldo Donelli


1936 National Challenge Cup

Both teams eventually made their way to the Western Final, Heidelberg led by the lone scorer for the USA at the 1934 World Cup Aldo Donelli.

Aldo Donelli

In a 4-2 qualifying victory over Mexico in Rome, Italy on May 24, he tallied all four times, becoming the first American to score his first three international goals with the senior team in the same match (Sacha Kljestan would become the second to achieve this feat on January 24, 2009).

He was inducted into U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1954.

In 1957 he was named the head coach at Columbia University where he would serve until 1967 compiling a 30-76-4 record.

Harry Agganis

Agganis became the school's first All-American in football and Boston coach Buff Donelli named Agganis the "greatest football player he ever coached".



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